Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] he [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill Rear has captured the passing years on this line perfectly and his publishers are to be congratulated for allowing him the space in which to present his work . |
| 2 | CELTIC boss Liam Brady has offered Derry boy Nigel Melly a one year extension to his contract — just weeks after showing him the door . |
| 3 | Its main ploy for deflecting criticism will be to demonstrate the depth of its respect for the dead man : it is talking of building him a memorial . |
| 4 | To bring a level of order and modesty to Fleck 's life Norwich took the unprecedented step of paying him an allowance of only £29 per week and preserving the remainder of his salary to pay off the debts . |
| 5 | If he saw Doyle in the pub he 'd slide out of buying him a drink . |
| 6 | As a lesson in How to Laugh At Oneself , I 'm thinking of sending him a postcard I have long cherished . |
| 7 | Dad often helps folks with their gardens and he is going to ask them to give a donation to Camphill Development Fund instead of giving him a present . |
| 8 | What this means is that B should have raised the substance of his Convention claim under any domestic procedure which was capable of giving him a remedy , including any avenues of appeal , unless , according to Commission practice , there were some reason for excusing him from doing so . |
| 9 | Mr Ahmet Koc , aged 34 , a Turkish peasant farmer , described to the General Medical Council 's professional conduct committee how a Harley Street doctor had allegedly , under the pretext of giving him a blood test , stolen his kidney to be used in a transplant . |
| 10 | ATURKISH peasant farmer wept yesterday as he described how a Harley Street doctor had allegedly , under the pretext of giving him a blood test , ‘ stolen ’ his kidney to be used in a transplant . |
| 11 | ATURKISH peasant farmer wept yesterday as he described how a Harley Street doctor had allegedly , under the pretext of giving him a blood test , ‘ stolen ’ his kidney to be used in a transplant . |
| 12 | I was thinking , ‘ I bet nobody has thought of giving him a beer . ’ |
| 13 | But there was nothing she could do about it , short of giving him an explanation for the presence of Richard 's car outside her flat . |
| 14 | Two years after his return from Cetinje , Vuk received official confirmation of rumours and hints that Miloš was considering giving him a pension . |
| 15 | And after a meeting of the club 's directors yesterday , Rovers vice-chairman Geoff Dunford revealed : ‘ We are very pleased with the job Malcolm is doing and we are considering giving him the job until the end of the season . ’ |
| 16 | Obliged to ask parliament for funds for these expeditions and for his other expenses , the King found that , instead of voting him the customs duties for life , as was normal on the monarch s accession , it attempted to impeach Buckingham for corruption and incompetence . |
| 17 | He also paid Cranmer the compliment of making him a Penitentiary for England . |
| 18 | As she lost the thread entirely , all thought of telling him the work she had done so far went out of her head . |
| 19 | He thought she might be on the point of offering him a nip of whisky but she did not go that far . |
| 20 | Mr Johnson , of Coningsby Drive , Kidderminster , claimed the company had boasted of the success of using saleswomen and never had any intention of offering him a job because he was a man . |
| 21 | He sued Jax Liquor Store for selling him the booze . |
| 22 | She did n't feel like giving him the news . |
| 23 | in his cloudy eyes , like handing him a rope . |
| 24 | A further court case , in which Lothar Neethling from the forensic laboratory , now a lieutenant-general and number three in the South African Police , tried to sue a newspaper for calling him a poisoner , showed Coetzee to be a reliable and accurate witness . |
| 25 | Hatton said something about buying him a record player for a wedding present . |
| 26 | Leonard talked him into giving him a lesson . |
| 27 | He had tried to beat his son into giving him the respect he was unable to feel for himself . |
| 28 | His opportunity comes when a lone housewife is murdered by a psychopath and shortly after he himself catches " flue and reckons he can trick the doctor into giving him an alibi that he is too ill to get out of bed . |
| 29 | Pickering had nurtured Davies since his days as a schoolboy triple jumper , and Davies has frequently credited Pickering with giving him the confidence to compete at top level . |
| 30 | The 26-year-old University of Natal graduate , credited his god with giving him the concentration he needed for his marathon . |